level lower than the announced. We compute the equilibrium level of corruption and we study the impact on corruption of the … competition in the market for procurement agents. We identify the effects that influence the equilibrium level of corruption and … show that, contrary to conventional wisdom, corruption may well be increasing in competition. …

percentage points. This reduction was driven entirely by irregularities involving mismanagement or corruption. In contrast, we …

We study the link between corruption and economic integration. We show that if an economic union establishes a common … regulation for public procurement, the country more prone to corruption benefits more from integration. However, if the … propensities to corruption are too distinct, the less corrupt country will not be willing to join the union. This difference in …

as irregularities related to waste or corruption uncovered by auditors. Our unique dataset at the level of individual … inspections with irregularities related to waste or corruption by about 10 percent or 0.3 standard deviations. In contrast, we …

We study the dynamics of corruption relying on two fundamental observations: (a) Given agents detected as corrupt are … typically fired and replaced, the historical levels of corruption have an impact on current corruption through the distribution … of corruption costs of old agents; (b) Institutions negatively affected by their agents' corrupt activities are likely to …

We study bureaucratic corruption in a model in which a constituency sets required levels for a given set of activities … setup to study the impact on equilibrium corruption of the degree of decentralization of corruption. To do this we compute … equilibrium corruption in two different settings: 1) Each bureaucrat acts in such a way as to maximize his own individual utility …